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Labor/Employment

Aug. 29, 2015

NLRB expands joint employer definition

The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday vastly expanded the definition of a joint employer, making it possible for companies who use temporary staffing agencies to be summoned to the bargaining table by the contracted-out employees.


By America Hernandez


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday vastly expanded the definition of a
joint employer, making it possible for companies who use temporary staffing agencies
to be summoned to the bargaining table by the contracted-out employees.


The 3-2 decision, penned by NLRB Chairman Mark G. Pearce, breaks with 30 years of<...

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